# clm_15A98DF88325

subject: 01.AI (/record/01-ai.md)  
predicate: ceo  
value: Kai-Fu Lee  
valid_from: 2023-05-01  
valid_to: null  
published: no source on record carries a date  
recorded: 2026-11-01  
confidence: 0.60  
status: valid  
assertable: true  
superseded_by: null  
last_updated: 2026-11-08  
cite: AsOf. "01.AI ceo: Kai-Fu Lee", as of 2023-05-01. Claim clm_15A98DF88325, https://asof.is/claim/clm_15A98DF88325, accessed 2026-11-09. Source: https://www.01.ai/en/about.html.  
checked: 2026-11-08 · its source page states the value and the date  

> In May 2023, Dr. Kai-Fu Lee founded 01.AI, an AI 2.0 foundation-model unicorn.

What https://www.01.ai/en/about.html says, word for word.

## Sources

- https://www.semafor.com/article/09/18/2026/why-kai-fu-lee-thinks-companies-need-an-ai-boss (secondary, semafor.com)
- https://www.01.ai/en/about.html (primary, 01.ai)

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